Regulation & law · 08/09/2005

Notice of Availability of a Supplement Analysis for Transportation, Storage, Characterization, and Disposal of Transuranic Waste Currently Stored at the Battelle West Jefferson Site Near Columbus, OH

The Department of Energy (DOE) has released a Supplement Analysis (SA) for the transportation of transuranic (TRU) waste from the Battelle West Jefferson site in Ohio to the Savannah River Site in South Carolina or Waste Control Specialists, LLC in Texas. The waste, consisting of 12 cubic meters of Contact Handled (CH) TRU waste and 25 cubic meters of Remote Handled (RH) TRU waste, will be stored for up to 5 years at either location before being disposed of at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico.